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Rotating Internship - Alton

Employer
CVS (UK) Limited
Location
Alton, Hampshire
Salary
Competitive Salary Plus Benefits
Closing date
9 May 2021

Job Details

Rotating Internship Position

Start Date: 10th May 2021

Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists is a large multidisciplinary referral hospital providing veterinary referral services across the South of England including London and the Thames Valley. Our services include Orthopaedic surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine, Soft Tissue Surgery, Dentistry, Cardiology, and Diagnostic Imaging. The hospital is an ISFM gold feline clinic and was awarded the BVHA design award for an outstanding working environment. We are part of CVS (UK) Ltd, the largest provider of integrated veterinary services in the UK; the referrals division currently operates eight referral hospitals in the UK and Ireland.                                

We are looking for a enthusiastic and highly motivated intern who is committed to practising the highest standards of veterinary medicine and patient care and who would relish the opportunity to further their career, improve their knowledge base and technical skills.  We aim to provide an internship programme to nurture the best and brightest Veterinary Surgeons to serve as the foundations and grassroots for future generations as well as prepare them for advanced postgraduate training programmes such as residencies.

The Internship Programme

The rotating internship at Lumbry Park is a fixed one-year position.  In this exciting role, you will work under the supervision of and support specialists in several disciplines.  In addition, you will participate and present in Grand Rounds, Morbidity and Mortality rounds, journal club and book clubs.

The current rotations assigned to the referral services are:

  • Anaesthesia and Analgesia
  • Emergency and Critical Care
  • Soft tissue and Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Internal Medicine
  • With some time for neurology, neurosurgery, cardiology, and dentistry

Out-of-hours coverage is a fundamental part of an internship; you will cover the night shift, working a full week of nights on a one in six basis and provide back-up to colleagues in the event of unforeseen absence.  During these shifts you will be working alongside Registered Veterinary Nurses and will be responsible for patients in the Intensive Care Unit and general hospital wards with back-up support from clinicians in different disciplines.

Personal specification for application

A proactive, professional approach, positive attitude at all times,  outstanding interpersonal skills, ability to stay calm under pressure, great teamwork skills,  along with a commitment to practising the highest standards of veterinary medicine and patient care is required.

If you think you have these skills and wish to apply for an Internship at Lumbry Park Veterinary specialists you must be a qualified Veterinary Surgeon and be eligible for full, and organise yourself, Membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).  Applicants must be an MRCVS by the date the internship starts, and ideally by the date of application and interview. A minimum of twelve months experience working as a qualified Veterinary Surgeon in small animal practice in the UK is desirable, although exceptional new graduates will be considered.

Assessment will be via work-base placed assessments which will be both formative and summative. In addition, feedback will be given at the end of each of your clinical rotations as well as a review 3 months into the internship by the internship supervisor.

Salary and benefits

Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists provides one of the most exceptional salary and benefits packages available to interns.  In addition to a salary (£31,000 per annum), you will have up to 7 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays, fully funded CPD, RCVS and VDS membership, company contributory pension scheme and other company fringe benefits. You will have access to a comprehensive online library, including veterinary and medical journals.

Location

Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialist is located just outside the market town of Alton, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, in the UK.  As well as being in an area of beautiful Hampshire countryside, it is close to larger towns and cities, including Winchester which was voted the best place to live in Britain in 2016.

It has excellent links to London (50 minutes by train), major airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Southampton, ports (Southampton) and easy access to motorways.

Our Hospital and Company

Our hospital has the most precious resource: a team of supportive, motivated and inclusive specialists, nurses and support staff striving to be at the top our profession.  We have specialists and advanced practitioners in anaesthesia and analgesia, cardiology, dentistry, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, orthopaedics, neurology and soft tissue surgery.

We also have new, modern state-of-the-art facilities within the hospital including DR digital radiography, ultrasonography, MR (1.5T), CT (16 Slice), video-endoscopy (GI, airway, arthroscopy, laparoscopy, thoracoscopy) as well as digital fluoroscopy for interventional cardiology and radiology.

Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists is the flagship of CVS (UK) Ltd, one of the leading veterinary services providers in the UK with over 450 veterinary practices throughout Great Britain and the Netherlands. Lumbry Park is one of the eight locations which are wholly referral centres providing first class specialist treatment.

Company

CVS (UK) Limited was established in August 1999 to acquire and operate veterinary practices which were well established within their local community and had a reputation for high quality service.  It was recognised that the value of these businesses lay in the quality of their staff and the relationship they enjoyed with their existing clients. To build on this CVS provides professional management expertise in the areas of finance, personnel, practice management, Health & Safety etc,  thereby relieving the local staff of many administrative tasks, to enable them to concentrate on clinical care.

As the number of acquisitions increases,  so does the diversity of operational styles and approaches.  These are shared on a regular basis at meetings of all the clinical directors, giving each practice an opportunity to consider alternative approaches to common problems. New initiatives are considered by this group and then fed back to each of their businesses.

Since 2001 CVS has diversified by acquiring two businesses that offer veterinary histopathology and cytology, plus more general veterinary laboratory services. This provides a wealth of experience to the practice division and the profession in general.

A more recent development has been the focus in acquiring practices in close proximity to each other.  This enables the group to benefit from certain synergies, and provides an opportunity for internal referrals.  Through its support for quality CPD many of the company’s veterinary surgeons have acquired skills of value to their colleagues elsewhere in the group. CVS already employs veterinary Specialists who offer invaluable advice to their colleagues.

Other benefits have also emerged as the company has grown. The use of single suppliers for certain types of product has enabled CVS to get more competitive prices and better support from the manufacturers.  Care is taken not to compromise clinical judgment through its selection of products, and this is achieved by having a working party drawn from the Clinical Director team that considers all options and seeks agreement from their colleagues before arriving at a decision.

Further acquisitions are always being considered but care is taken to ensure that each one is compatible with the CVS culture. The key attributes are their location, their current standing in the local community, their overall performance and the willingness of the existing practice team to embrace the CVS approach to business.

 

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